Given all the facts that I’m young and I’m in good health and I’m famous – that I have talent, I have money – given all these facts, I want to know why I’m so unhappy.
PAUL SIMONThere are two sorts of people in the world: Those who listen and those who are thinking about what they are going to say next.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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I don’t feel any pressure from fans. But I’m always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe myself as happy-go-lucky. That’s not to say that I’m not happy.
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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
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There are two sorts of people in the world: Those who listen and those who are thinking about what they are going to say next.
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I met my old lover on the street last night. She seemed so glad to see me, I just smiled. Then we talked about some old times and we drank ourselves some beers, still crazy after all these years.
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People ask how I feel about getting old. I tell them I have the same question. I’m learning as I go.
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I feel I should try to reveal. When you hit it right, you produce an emotional response in the listener that can be cathartic. When you’re wrong, you’re soppy, sentimental.
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Just slip out the back, Jack, make a new plan, Stan, you don’t need to be coy, Roy, just get yourself free. Hop on the bus, Gus, you don’t need to discuss much, just drop off the key, Lee, and get yourself free.
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There’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
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All I’ve got to do today is smile.
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If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.
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Take two bodies and you twirl them into one, their hearts and their bones, and they won’t come undone.
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The course of a lifetime runs/over and over again.
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Losing love is like a window in your heart.
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Lord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life.
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Maybe I think too much for my own good.
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